The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-24
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL


Deroertch and Mary hoffman, jacob DihSel auo
Minnie Bichiart.
Tuesday or Wednesday evening, fifty builders
are to 60 to Muucie to enjoy banquet and
sight Of the gas wells. invitation of Chas.
ID. Pearce, of this city.
VIM. Bonfer. Of Milan, who served term Of
two years in the penitentiary for handling coun-
terfeit money. and was held for fine and COSTS
was Yesterday released by Commissioner Mar
tndale under the poor convict act
The Marion County W. G. L. u. held their
nual convention at Acton, Yesterday, and elected
the following officers: President. Miss Reed; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Behymer recording
secretary. Mrs. Grace Brown treasurer, Mrs.
Georgia Wright.
The habeas corpus proceedings brought against
Mrs. Maggie A. Redmond by her husband, John
+. Redmond. to prevent her from taking their
only child to Franklin with her came up for hear
ing before Judge Walker yesterday afternoon.
The evidence for the plaintiff was heard and the
case thon continued until Monday morning.
THE coLFAx STATUE.
The pedestal for the Colfax statue, which is to
be erected in University Park, and unveiled on
the 18th of next month, will be placed in posi-
ton May II The statue is expected to arrive
from Chicago, where it was cast, about the 9th
or 9th of May. This is the first portrait statue
cast in the West. It is of bronze. weighs 2. 700
pounds. and is eight feet four inches high The
pedestal will be twelve feet high. making the
total height of the cenotaph little more than
twenty feet.
BABY WAS BORING FOR GAS.
where's baby}" was the cry of North Ala
bama-street mother as she rushed out Of the
house, and, shading her eyes with her hand,
looked anxiouly up and down the street. Then
the entire household swarmed, police headquar-
ters were telephoned that the ee-year-old was
lost, and the nelghbors joined in the search
Ten minutes later baby was found. He had be-
IS ~, la
the back yard, seated on the ground, boring for
natural gas.
LIKE THE CIRCUS BETTER THAN ART.
Yesterday was children's day at the art ex-
hibit at Masonic Hall. There was quite a crowd
in the gallery enjoying the pictures when the
circus music Of the passing procession struck
their ears There was a wild break for the exit
Evidently the circus still holds the first place in
the affections of the oncoming generation. Art
will have to wait awhile Rev. Dr. n. A. Hyde
will lecture tomorrow afternoon at o'clock on
The Ethical Influence OF Art on the Public"
COMPANIES INCORPORATED YESTERDAY.
Articles of incorporation were fled with the
Secretary of State yesterday, as follows: The
LaPorte Exploring Company. capital stock
s., 900; George W. Arnold, j. w. Arm
strong and one hundred others as
stockholders. The Martinsvlle Natural gas
Branch, Charles Seaton, A. B. Walker, H. l..
Prewitr and W. FL. Miller. Independent Natur-
al-gas Company Of Jay county-capital, S. 600;
directors, E. J. Marsh, N. B. Hawkins, Charles
Walters, Samuel Hagins and Charles Rogers
THE MEASLES EPIDEMIC ABOUT OVER
The city health board has devoted its time al
most exclusively during the past week to the
epidemic of measles, and the result of
their work shows large decrease in
the number of cases. In the last seven days
thirty-nine cases have been reported. Yester-
Secretary carp thinks the disease has about run
its course. During the last week only five
deaths from the disease were reported, and
they were the result Of complications
scarlatina and five of diphtheria have developed
during the week but no fatalities from either
were reported. The general health OF the city
has not been better for many months. The
births for the week were fifty two and tho deaths
fifty.
DRUNKEN DANCERS WHO MAKE TROUBLE.
The Saturday night dances at Mozart Hall
have become a source of much trouble to the po-
lice. Last night thirty forty young men,
many Of them under the influence of liquor, came
down out Of the hall at IL o'clock and marched
up to the corner Of Washington and Delaware
streets, whore they stopped and insulted every
person who passed. Patrolman Mahlon ordered
them to dispense, but they refused, and two
young men threw rocks at him. He arrested them
both and started TO the station-house with them
all the crowd following. Near the corner OF
Washington and Alabama streets the prisoners
broke loose from him ard ran. Their friends ia
the crowd planted themselves in the patrolman's
way and hindered him from catching the fugi-
tives but Patrolman Nelson happened to be
passing in a street-car, and seeing the crowd
got off and succeeded in catching of the
young men, who gave his name as Angus,
Schegger.
MOO GAS AT BRIDGEPORT
After several days working through the slate
and close calculating on the part of the directors
the drill of the Indianapolis Gas Company yes
terday. at Bridgeport, reached Trenton rock. Al
no time has there been expressed strong
hope of finding gas in that locality, and the re-
suit did not prove so disagreeaole as to the
Brightwood prospectors, whose confidence was
brought up almost to a degree of certainty. The
drilling, about noon, was down 1,l5(
feet below the surface at Bridgeport
when the rock was touched. Work was
suspended until the directors could be sum.
moned from this city. and o'clock came before
il was resumed. The first foot in the rock
brought strong traces of OIL but gas, any
sign Of it. When the drill had gone distance
of twelve feet the prospect became hopeless, fol
the rock seemed to show additional hardness
For a moment before this the directors thought
their investment was to be rewarded with rich
yield, but this expectation soon gave way to thu
belief that gas could be had matter how
far the drill could 60, the further it went the
less signs were there of porous rock. The wori
there will be abandoned. and the machinery ant
derrick removed to Westield. where prospect
ing will continue larger scale.
WILL START AN EVENING PAPER
movement il foot among the laborin.
men OF the city to start new afternoon daily
here in opposition to the News. With that enc
in view the Cooperative Printing and Publish
ing Company filed articles of incorporation
with the county recorder yesterday. Tn,
object of the company. as set forth N the arti
ces, is to maintain a daily and weekly newspa
per. and do a general printing business Th
capital stock is $4,000. divided into shares o
300 each. The directors for the first year ar,
IT, E. Ash, j. F. White. John Boden
miller. NJ. c. Wilharm, w. j. Smith
John Lyton Ed Alfred, John N. Tessman ant
Il. P. Custer. These gentlemen, with Edwar,
Caldwell, ]. w. Marker, John Blettner
ir., Ed S. Pope, Thomas NJ Gruelle, w
{. Wilharm and Oscar J. Snyder, ar
the stockholders. Mr.. Grnelle, the editor of tn
Labor Signal, the originator of the project, SAT-
last evening that the paper would be issue,
about June !. 1t wiz be tvo-cent paper, an,
will make feature of the news o
the city. In politics it will be in
dependent "People will generally suppose,
said Mr.. Gruele. "that because it is to be pub
lshed by cooperative company that it will